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going determination, it is not necessary to examine the further contention of appellant that the judgment should be versed under authority of of Mortensen United States, 322 U.S. 369, 64 S.Ct. 1 . The judgment is reversed and the caw remanded with directions to enter judg- ment of acquittal. SANBOR

529 U.S. at 615, 120 S.Ct. 1740. In addition to announcing a shift to a more con- strained view Congress's power over interstate commerce, I= and Morrison ossified the three- category framework that the Court had 1 lied *1112 to interstate commerce cases. See 514 U.S. at 558-59, 115 S.Ct. 1624; Morr

stone in applying the For- eign Commerce Clause, for which Congress's au- thority to regulate has been defined with the precision set forth by and Morrison in the in- terstate context. We start with the component that has domin- ated judicial consideration of the Commerce Clause: "among the several Sta

115 S.Ct. 1624 (quoting NLRB Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.. 301 U.S. at 37, 5 S.Ct. 615). The Court reiterated these concerns five years later in Morrison in striking down a provision under the Violence Against Women Act: "Mlle concern ... that Congress might use the Commerce Clause to completely obl

.7 The Supreme Court has repeatedly interpreted this language to require that the illegal activity be the dominant motive for the travel. See, e.g., Mortensen 'United States, 322 U.S. 369, 373 (1944) (". . .an intention that the women or girls shall engage in the conduct outlawed by Section 2 must be foun

lorida February 1, 2007 Page 22 Clause imposes real limitations on Congress's power to criminalize essentially local behavior. See United States' Morrison, 529 U.S. 598 (2000) (Violence Against Women Act exceeded Congressional power under the Commerce Clause or § 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment). Lopez,

.7 The Supreme Court has repeatedly interpreted this language to require that the illegal activity be the dominant motive for the travel. See, e.g., Mortensen' United States, 322 U.S. 369, 373 (1944) (". ..an intention that the women or girls shall engage in the conduct outlawed by Section 2 must be found

rida February 1, 2007 Page 22 Clause imposes real limitations on Congress's power to criminalize essentially local behavior. See United States v. Morrison, 529 U.S. 598 (2000) (Violence Against Women Act exceeded Congressional power under the Commerce Clause or § 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment). M , of